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  • School of Activism

    PRSC presents the School of Activism Easter Holidays April 3rd - 22nd Climate change getting you down? Brexit making you sick? Inequality and austerity driving you mad? Is there something you wish you could change? A problem you want to help solve? You are not alone. We are all sick and tired of feeling helpless […]

  • The People’s Comedy – School of Activism

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    The People's Comedy returns to The PRSC Space. The 5th April is set to be a fantastic night of political, social and cultural comedy featuring some of the most exciting grassroots comedians of Bristol and beyond.Every month the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft will be presenting this revolutionary event- the UK’s only regular socio-political comedy […]

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  • Bristol Transformed

    Bristol Transformed is a festival of politics and culture in which we will discuss and engage with the exciting ideas and innovations emerging from the Left. It is inspired by the World Transformed festival, which takes place alongside the Labour Party conference, and is planned and run by a group of volunteers. We were impressed […]

  • Street Photography with Colin Moody – School of Activism

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    See the city afresh with this workshop from a passionate and prolific Bristol street photographer Colin Moody. In this 3 hour workshop we will explore Stokes Croft, peering into the hidden corners and searching for the true spirit of this unique neighbourhood. The workshop will introduce new techniques for capturing urban life as Colin shares […]

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  • You Are Being Watched – Privacy Matters – School of Activism

    Who has your personal data right now and what are they doing with it? How are your thoughts stored and mined by large companies? Don't be overwhelmed into doing nothing, instead learn how simple tools can keep your online activities private. From Mat A – Tech Coordinator at the Cable, Bristol’s reader-owned media cooperative. Free […]

  • Land Rights and the Fight for Cultural Spaces – School of Activism

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Land Rights & the Fight for Cultural Spaces - Tales From The Front Line All communities need space. Space to meet, to learn, to play, to create and to share ideas.But today cultural venues all over Bristol are at risk of closure, or already closing. From 4pm to 9pm on Saturday April 7th we will […]

  • Shoot It Tell It – a guide to creating a photo story- School of Activism

    Do you have something to say? Or a story to tell?This course for 12 - 18 year olds explores how to use your camera to tell a story.Over three practical sessions photographers Lisa Furness & Colin Moody will take you through the process of creating a photo story.Part 1:  Monday April 8th 1-5pm - a […]

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  • Rebel Story Time for Kids – School of Activism

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    A classic story reading session for children. Across three mornings Lisa and Sue will be reading a story of social justice or rebellion to fire the imagination. Monday 8th 11am-1pm Tuesday 9th 11am-12 Thursday 11th 11am-12pm After the reading there will be a creative challenge - drawing your favourite character or writing what will happen […]

  • Documentary Making with Jeremy Bristow – School of Activism

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Accountability is the cornerstone of democratic power and documentary film makers are essential to a healthy modern society, uncovering hidden scandals, exposing corruption and bringing truth to the public. Now is your turn to become one of the truth seekers. Is there a story you want to investigate? Or a secret you want to reveal? […]

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  • Puppet Making for Kids – School of Activism

    Strange things are afoot in Stokes Croft this Easter... There's a dinosaur on the prowl and he wants all the money and all the land and he doesn't care what he destroys to get it. The creatures will have to work together to protect their homes and each other. But the story can't begin without […]

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  • Zine Making Workshop – School of Activism

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    An accessible affordable way of sharing ideas and information totally independent of formal and commercial systems, the Zine has been the activist's go to tool for ever. Now in this era of global communication provided and monitored by huge international corporations, the simplicity and independence of the Zine is calling out to be revisited. Zine […]

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  • An Introduction to PRSC Radio from Tony Gosling – School of Activism

    The busy beavers at PRSC have been quietly working away in the background for the last year and have created an all new radio station - PRSC Radio. PRSC Radio is a 24 hour internet station intended to provide a platform for the people of Stokes Croft & beyond to share their ideas, learning & […]

  • Rebel Story Time for Kids – School of Activism

    Rebel Story Time for Kids – School of Activism
    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    A classic story reading session for children. Across three mornings Lisa and Sue will be reading a story of social justice or rebellion to fire the imagination. Monday 8th 11am-1pm Tuesday 9th 11am-12 Thursday 11th 11am-12pm After the reading there will be a creative challenge - drawing your favourite character or writing what will happen […]

  • Flash Mobs and Projection Bombing – School of Activism

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Free workshop for ages 12-18 Learn about flash mobs and message bombs, and get inspired to DIY in your own campaigns. A flash mob is a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act for a brief time, then quickly disperse, often for the purposes of […]

  • Screenprinting Workshop – School of Activism

    People’s Republic of Stokes Croft HQ 17-25 Jamaica Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Last December PRSC finished building a screenprinting room in our ever growing headquarters. Since then PRSC has worked with our ally Ross at Bathtub Printing to produce a beautiful range of hand screenprinted greetings cards commemorating the Paris uprising of ‘68 and reproducing some of the incredible designs and messages that came from the Atelier […]

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  • Know Your Rights! – School of Activism

    Free workshop For young people aged 15 - 25 A workshop from Extinction Rebellion that gets right to the point. Under British Law you are a citizen of the state and not a subject of the crown. Have you been stopped and searched? Are you nervous of getting on the wrong side of the law? […]

  • TalkBox // Lauri Love on Hacktivism, Surveillance and Privacy – School of Activism

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Lauri Love is an English/Finnish computer scientist who has a long history of involvement in political activism. He played a prominent role in the student and Occupy movements in Glasgow during 2011-12. He faced potential extradition to the United States for his alleged involvement in #OpLastResort, the series of online protests that followed the persecution […]

  • A Tribute to Raphaël Dufresne

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Art exhibition and concert in memory of Raphaël Dufresne activist, musician and PRSC volunteer. The event will start at 7pm with a small presentation of the theme “Deeds, not words in the WIND”, through a short introduction of the exhibition forecasting some songs and poems. It will be followed by music performed by the different […]

  • Banner Making for Kids Against Climate Change – School of Activism

    People’s Republic of Stokes Croft HQ 17-25 Jamaica Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

    In the week of April 15 to 22, Extinction Rebellion will be holding large climate change protests in London. They are calling on all environmentally conscious citizens from around the UK to join them in bringing the London traffic to a halt. Unfortunately, what with jobs, family commitments and other life obligations, not all of […]

  • Poster Making for Kids Against Climate Change – School of Activism

    People’s Republic of Stokes Croft HQ 17-25 Jamaica Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

    In the week of April 15 to 22, Extinction Rebellion will be holding large climate change protests in London. They are calling on all environmentally conscious citizens from around the UK to join them in bringing the London traffic to a halt. Unfortunately, what with jobs, family commitments and other life obligations, not all of […]

  • Satire and the Art of Comedy – School of Activism

    Workshop for teens age 13-19 Throughout history, satire and activism have gone hand in hand. The art of bringing low the powerful and mocking the institutions that uphold society has played a key role in many periods of change. Come and learn about the art of satire, its intriguing history and its power and relevance […]

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  • Badge Making for Kids Against Climate Change – School of Activism

    In the week of April 15 to 22, Extinction Rebellion will be holding large climate change protests in London. They are calling on all environmentally conscious citizens from around the UK to join them in bringing the London traffic to a halt. Unfortunately, what with jobs, family commitments and other life obligations, not all of […]

  • Eco-Bricks Workshop for Teens – School of Activism

    Ecobricks are means for individuals to take personal responsibility for their plastic by containing it and turning it into free building materials that can be given back to the local community. Not only do ecobricks stop plastics finding their way into landfill or the ocean, but also reduce the energy it would take to transport […]

  • Roller Slogans – School of Activism

    Roller Slogans – School of Activism

    Join us for a free drop-in session, any time between 17:30 & 18:30, and get some tips and tricks for painting big lettering with just a roller and some paint. Paint some BIG words on our practice wall, and learn the basic skills to quickly apply lettering on almost any surface. Session is led by […]

  • Badge, Banner and Poster Making for Humans Against Climate Change – School of Activism

    People’s Republic of Stokes Croft HQ 17-25 Jamaica Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

    In the week of April 15 to 22, Extinction Rebellion will be holding large climate change protests in London. They are calling on all environmentally conscious citizens from around the UK to join them in bringing the London traffic to a halt. Unfortunately, what with jobs, family commitments and other life obligations, not all of […]

  • Reading the Streets / Writing the Streets – School of Activism

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    As we all walk, cycle and drive around our city we're often so adsorbed in what's on the radio, what we need to to during the coming day, or just feeling the consequences of the night before, the messages and images that fill our city can pass by without making much of an impact on […]

  • TalkBox // The Rise of Veganism – School of Activism

    Veganism is quickly becoming a mainstream trend, with a record Veganuary just gone & more companies bringing vegan products to market. Vegan entrepreneur & speaker Loui Blake leads a talk on what’s driving the movement, the reasons why its important and what’s necessary to maintain the momentum. Through an open, honest & immersive discussion, we […]

  • Parents Basement

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Parent’s Basement is Bristol’s home for state-side style longform improv, featuring some of the funniest improvisers the South West has to offer. Our house team perform sketches directly inspired from stories told by a guest monologist, then in the second half, a fully improvised theatrical comedy will be performed by a special guest troupe. All […]

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  • Eco-Conference & Screening of the Power of Community & The Bentley Effect

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    A day of discussion, workshops and talks looking at practical issues of sustainability. In the Yard: 10.00 – 12.00 Practical Energy 2.00 – 4.00pm EcoBricks In the Space: 10.00am Cllr Kye Dudd (Energy & City Leap) 10.30am Intro to day 10.45am Eva Fernandez (Eco Villages) 11.45am Alison Allen Green New Deal Break 2.00pm David Saunders […]

  • Solidarity Action with Extinction Rebellion

    In the week of April 15 to 22, Extinction Rebellion will be holding large climate change protests in London. They are calling on all environmentally conscious citizens from around the UK to join them in bringing the London traffic to a halt. Unfortunately, what with jobs, family commitments and other life obligations, not all of […]

  • Guerilla Urban Regeneration

    Head out into Stokes Croft with us and lets improve the neighbourhood! A spot of gardening, litter picking and painting is just what the doctor ordered. The ever popular Kids V Adults Paint Jam will also be running in the yard. Free entry. Drop in any time.

  • Reboot the Roots – Theatre for Collective Liberation

    “In truth the Theatre of the Oppressed has no end, because everything which happens in it must extend into life….The Theatre of the Oppressed is located precisely on the frontier between fiction and reality – and this border must be crossed. If the show starts in fiction, its objective is to become integrated into reality, […]

  • The People’s Comedy

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    This event has been moved to the BEARPIT. The People's Comedy will be back at PRSC in June. Love PRSC. The People's Comedy hits The Bearpit this Friday. A night that puts paying acts at the centre of its ethos, comedians including BBC's Heydon Prowse (The Revolution Will Be Televised, Ministry of Justice) and Bristolian […]

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  • NO IDEAS – Exhibition

    NO IDEAS – Exhibition
    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    The first and last big show from artist Katy Bauer, featuring hundreds of paintings, films, pots, tunes and everything! Also Featuring: RAT, FAT PAUL, AND DON MANDARIN (If he can get off work) Line-up Thursday May 2nd 6.30-11.30pm: EXHIBITION OPENING AND MUSIC FROM FAT PAUL AND RAT Friday May 3rd 4.30-10.30pm: EXHIBITION PLUS FILM SCREENING […]

  • LUCID – Photography Exhibition Opening

    Photography exhibition showcasing the work of 6 Bristol based photographers- Ellis Anistasiades, Tom Booth Woodger, Rob Rattray, Leia Morrison, Olumide Osinoiki, Aubrey Simpson. Open: 8-9 / 5 / 2019 Private View: 8th May 18:00-21:00pm Expect a live DJ, a bit of bubbly and exciting new unpublished work focusing on themes such as Wild Swimming, UFO's […]

  • Lucid – Photography Exhibition

    Lucid – Photography Exhibition
    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Photography exhibition showcasing the work of 6 Bristol based photographers- Ellis Anistasiades, Tom Booth Woodger, Rob Rattray, Leia Morrison, Olumide Osinoiki, Aubrey Simpson. Open: 8th & 9th May 11am-5pm Private View: 8th May 18:00-21:00pm Expect work focusing on themes such as Wild Swimming, UFO’s and The English Riviera… Look forward to seeing you all.

  • Parent’s Basement Comedy

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Parent’s Basement is Bristol’s home for state-side style longform improv, featuring some of the funniest improvisers the South West has to offer. Our house team perform sketches directly inspired from stories told by a guest monologist, then in the second half, a fully improvised theatrical comedy will be performed by a special guest troupe. All […]

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  • This World Will Perish – video installation

    In a time when nothing is built to last and the world is in a constant state of renewal, this video installation will explore the complexities of the tumultuous relationship between creation and entropy. The eternal duel between creativity and decay.  

  • Sphere – A Photography Exhibition

    Sphere – A Photography Exhibition
    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    A photography exhibition displaying six varying environmental-based subjects – from communal living to single-use plastics and more – shot and curated by second year students from the University of the West of England.

  • Interplay #2 – opening night

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Interplay #2 is the second exhibition by a collective of 11 art psychotherapists who met while studying together. The playful exhibition consists of both individual pieces as well as collective pieces made by the whole group. There will also be a space for the public to get creative. The participating artists are Jess Bidmead, Alex […]

  • Interplay#2

    Interplay #2 is the second exhibition by a collective of 11 art psychotherapists who met while studying together. The playful exhibition consists of both individual pieces as well as collective pieces made by the whole group. There will also be a space for the public to get creative. The participating artists are Jess Bidmead, Alex […]

  • Proper Bristol Postcards Launch Night

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    PRSC invites you to a celebration of the richness of Bristol's visual culture. On May 23rd the much anticipated postcard collection generated by the Proper Bristol Postcard Competition will be officially launched. It will be an evening of live music, congratulation and irreverance. Free entry - All Wellcome Do you remember last Summer, when the […]

  • SIENA BARNES: ORIGINAL PAINT – opening night

    From the 24th to the 26th May, Siena Barnes’ first solo show takes place at the PRSC gallery in Bristol. Siena will be using the opportunity to display a selection of her trademark large format punk rock folk art Indian Ink panels. Siena is self-taught and the works selected for the show draw on the artist’s […]

  • SIENA BARNES: ORIGINAL PAINT

    SIENA BARNES: ORIGINAL PAINT
    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    From the 24th to the 26th May, Siena Barnes’ first solo show takes place at the PRSC gallery in Bristol. Siena will be using the opportunity to display a selection of her trademark large format punk rock folk art Indian Ink panels. Siena is self-taught and the works selected for the show draw on the artist’s […]

  • Mask Making with Art4Change

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Drop in workshop and exhibition, free entry, suitable for all ages - just pop in! 3-6pm The aim of this workshop is to create masks which portray hidden emotions and thoughts, to give a sense of how people really feel. The masks created in previous workshops will also be exhibited during this session. We all […]

  • DAVE’S GUIDE TO UKRAINE!

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    I knew nothing about Ukraine, but ended up driving out there in my van with my double bass to meet a Ukrainian bagpiper friend in late 2015. After spending 3 years out there I now want to share my inspiration, and try to explain how badly I fell in love with Kyiv and the friends […]

  • Raise the Roof – Exhibition Opening

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Exhibition Opening Night This exhibition aims to use art as a way to represent how Bristol’s changing landscape highlights the deepening housing crisis. More than 11,000 people are on the waiting list for a council house in Bristol alone. This figure is made even more shocking by the fact that over 1,000 homes lie empty. […]

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  • Raise The Roof

    Raise The Roof
    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    This exhibition aims to use art as a way to represent how Bristol’s changing landscape highlights the deepening housing crisis. More than 11,000 people are on the waiting list for a council house in Bristol alone. This figure is made even more shocking by the fact that over 1,000 homes lie empty. Average house prices […]

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  • Ecobricks Workshop for All Ages

    PRSC The Yard 35 Jamaica Street, Stokes Croft, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Ecobricks are means for individuals to take personal responsibility for their plastic by containing it and turning it into free building materials that can be given back to the local community.Not only do ecobricks stop plastics finding their way into landfill or the ocean, but also reduce the energy it would take to transport or […]

  • Touch: Perspectives from the Medical Humanities

    Touch: Perspectives from the Medical Humanities
    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    1. Of all the human senses, touch is the one that is often taken for granted. Unlike the other senses, however, it is one that is very rarely lost. This makes it one of the most robust and reliable interactions that humans can have with the outside world. Touch has a preeminent capacity to link […]

  • Dr Alan Kellas Talk & Exhibition Response

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Alan Kellas spent over 20 years as psychiatrist working within the NHS, predominantly in community psychiatry for people with learning disabilities in the Avon area. Over the last few years Alan became interested in the theory and practice of ecopsychologies and ecotherapies. He now looks at how nature in its many forms can be a […]

  • THE WHEATSHIRE COLLECTION – Exhibition Opening

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Ever since the birth of Cubism the art world has been waiting for the next movement to arrive, well here it is, in Bristol, the birth of “TUBISM” has arrived & MERLIN is the founder & creator. Free exhibition opening Friday 14th June from 6pm to 9pm, then open daily until Tuesday 18th June.

  • Graphic Medicine: Ian Williams in Conversation

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Ian Williams is a comics artist, doctor and writer, now living in Brighton. The website he began in 2007, GraphicMedicine.org, gave a name to what would become a transatlantic, and perhaps global movement, Graphic Medicine. It remains the best place from which to start exploring that world. His own contributions — creative, academic, and organisational […]

  • THE WHEATSHIRE COLLECTION

    THE WHEATSHIRE COLLECTION
    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Ever since the birth of Cubism the art world has been waiting for the next movement to arrive, well here it is, in Bristol, the birth of “TUBISM” has arrived & MERLIN is the founder & creator. Free exhibition opening Friday 14th June from 6pm to 9pm, then open daily until Tuesday 18th June.

  • Community Paint Jam

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    This summer (weather permitting) PRSC will be opening our yard every other Saturday afternoon for a community paint jam. We will be painting, listening to music and generally enjoying the sunshine. Come get your hands dirty make a big drawing, paint a board or on our practice wall. These afternoons will be free entry and […]

  • Fully Automated Luxury Communism book launch with Aaron Bastani

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    A different kind of politics for a new kind of society—beyond work, scarcity and capitalism. In Fully Automated Luxury Communism, Aaron Bastani conjures a vision of extraordinary hope, showing how we move to energy abundance, feed a world of 9 billion, overcome work, transcend the limits of biology, and establish meaningful freedom for everyone. Rather than a final destination, such a society merely heralds the real beginning of history.

  • Meta-slam V2.1 Featuring Leilah King and Ruari Quinn

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Meta-Slam is a competition where 8 poets will be randomly selected from a pool of applicants to compete for a £50 headlining set in the heart of Bristol. We strive to make the event as close as possible to a fair and balanced cometition where pure lyrical skill and poetic crafstamnship are rewarded in a […]

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  • XR Workshop

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom
  • Adblock Bristol Film Screening

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Film screening of “Subvertisers for London”, the short new documentary by Dog Section Press following the guerrilla arts movement in London and beyond.

  • Building a new model of education for Bristol: learning from the heart, head, hand, and whole self – School of Activism

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    A four-part course which invites participants to come together to reimagine and recreate the future of education. The course will create a community, a body, of learning. Each evening will explore one aspect oapf this body of learning - heart, head, and hand - with the final session bringing all the elements together in the […]

  • THE WHEATSHIRE COLLECTION

    THE WHEATSHIRE COLLECTION
    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    Ever since the birth of Cubism the art world has been waiting for the next movement to arrive, well here it is in Bristol the birth of "TUBISM" has arrived,& MERLIN is the founder & creator. Free exhibition running from Friday 12th - Monday 15th July.

  • Cosmic Soul Collective Summer Weekend Jam

    People’s Republic of Stokes Croft HQ 17-25 Jamaica Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

    An eclectic weekend of organic experimental expression held by Cosmic Soul Collective, we will be hosting workshops and paint jams along with an art exhibition and art fair. while our cosmic DJs will be bringing the musical vibes all weekend long.

  • Street Survival

    SPACE at PRSC 17-25 Jamaica St, Bristol, United Kingdom

    A weekly skill-sharing or self-help session for local rough-sleepers. Long-term homeless people are invited to share their survival skills, tips and tricks with people finding themselves on the streets for the first time.